Since its establishment in 1918, Matsushita Electric mainly produced some low-tech white goods such as electric lights, flashlights, and irons. By the time of World War II, the Panasonic Group, like other companies, was forced to transform into a military factory, producing ships and aircraft to supply the Japanese army, and launching a large-scale war of aggression in Asia.

After World War II, the economy of the defeated country was very bad, and the Panasonic Group was tried by the court for aiding and abetting in the war. Most of the factories were sealed, and Konosuke Matsushita himself was imprisoned.

It was not until the end of the 40s, when Konosuke Matsushita and others were released, that the Panasonic Group gradually got back on track and reconsidered the resumption of corporate production.

Konosuke Matsushita, who returned to his post, resolutely called on workers to resume the production of household appliances that had been interrupted for more than 20 years when he could not afford to pay his wages.

At that time, the workers of Panasonic Company signed a lifetime contract with the company, and from the beginning of their employment to their retirement, they were completely borne by the company, and if the company collapsed, the workers' lifelong struggle would be in vain. Therefore, the workers of the Panasonic Group at the end of the 40s were able to endure the difficulties of the company not being able to pay wages for several years and insist on resuming production. Under the hard work of the company, it will not take a few years for Panasonic Group to get back on track again.

In the era when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops were stationed in the capital, a large number of American commodities were naturally dumped in the capital.

In the face of American products with 50 years of technology content that is 50 years ahead of the company. Panasonic Electric Company can only manufacture some low-end electric lights, hair dryers, and rice cookers, and as for the more popular radios, televisions and other advanced products, it is more than enough to do so.

Aware of his technological backwardness, Konosuke Matsushita emphasized at the "Emergency Management Policy Briefing" in the 50s, "In order to engage in global economic activities as an international manager, it is imperative to learn from foreign countries with a humble attitude!" ”

After consciously learning from the advanced enterprises in Europe and the United States, in the 80s, Panasonic not only did not inferior to European and American enterprises in technology, but also became a world-famous high-tech enterprise.

At the beginning of the reform and opening up, Panasonic took the lead in investing a total of 1.5 billion US dollars in China and authorized hundreds of scientific and technological patents in China. Compared with other enterprises, Panasonic is obviously more generous in terms of technology.

"Welcome Mr. Zhang to visit our Panasonic company!" The Panasonic Group sent a manager named Itojiri to entertain Zhang Shaojie.

Although Zhang Shaojie's order is only 3.8 million US dollars, it is not a big customer for Panasonic. However, with Zhang Shaojie's current development momentum, his purchasing power will only become stronger and stronger in the future. Therefore, it is impossible for the Panasonic Group not to look the other way.

Zhang Shaojie smiled and said: "I came this time, mainly to see the equipment I ordered, and by the way, visit your factory, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Absolutely!" Itojiri said enthusiastically.

Then, Zhang Shaojie was taken into the factory area. I saw that in the factory area, many production lines, industrial robots have appeared to replace the labor of ordinary workers.

Only some tasks with a higher degree of sophistication and complexity are done manually.

The entire Panasonic factory is only tens of thousands of workers, but the industrial robots popularized on the production line have exceeded 20,000 or 30,000

"How much does it cost to have such a degree of mechanization? How many advantages does productivity have over labor? Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but feel a shock when he saw Panasonic's production line and began to use industrial robots in the 80s.

It was not until the beginning of the 21st century that China's factories were forced to gradually popularize because of labor shortages and the inability to recruit cheap workers.

It's only the 80s, and industrial robots are already being used in the factory.

Although the industrial robots of the 80s, the degree of intelligence is naturally far inferior to that of the 21st century. However, being able to use industrial robots earlier and accumulating advanced production experience is also invaluable.

"On average, each industrial robot costs about $50,000, and the production efficiency is roughly comparable to that of an ordinary worker. However, a worker needs a salary of $10,000 a year, and the annual consumption of electricity and maintenance costs for industrial robots will not exceed $500. Industrial robots have been used continuously for more than 6 years, and they are cheaper than manual ones! Itojiri smiled, "This level of digitalization and intelligence is something that only a few manufacturers can achieve." However, this production method is more popular in the United States and Europe, because the labor cost there is more expensive! ”

When Zhang Shaojie heard this, he couldn't help sighing.

Not to mention that in this era, industrial robots belong to cutting-edge technology, and they are prohibited from being exported to China, in fact, even if they are not banned from exporting to China, Zhang Shaojie can't afford to use this thing.

The production efficiency of an industrial robot is equivalent to that of a worker.

However, a Chinese worker at this time could be paid up to $300 a year. The cost of an industrial robot is equivalent to the annual salary of 167 workers.

Such a "luxury" is very uneconomical and uneconomical for China in this era.

Zhang Shaojie withdrew his gaze from the advanced production lines of Panasonic, which seemed extravagant, and asked to check the production line he ordered.

Itojiri smiled and led Zhang Shaojie to a dilapidated old factory building.

This factory, built before World War II, is already a dilapidated building that is about to be demolished.

Most of the production lines ordered by Zhang Shaojie have been dismantled, packed by workers, transported to trucks, and finally to the port, and then loaded into containers.

However, the most important set of printed circuit board machines has not been disassembled and boxed.

"Can you show me a little bit of the production process?" Zhang Shaojie asked.

"No problem at all!" Itojiri was going to build the machine himself, taking out some PCB boards and electronic components, and loading them into the machine.

After the machine starts!

Zhang Shaojie saw that one by one, the electronic components were embedded in the PCB board according to a unified standard. The whole assembly process is really similar to the production process of a printing house.

No wonder this production process is called printed circuit boards.

"What are these boards for?" Zhang Shaojie asked.

"This is the circuit board of the TV!" "Of course, this equipment is not only used for TV production, but also for other circuit boards such as computers and radios. ”

"Or is it multifunctional?" Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

"Of course!" Itojiri looked at this set of equipment that was about to be phased out, and it could still be sold to China in exchange for a lot of profits, and his heart couldn't help but be filled with a sense of superiority of developed countries.

Zhang Shaojie saw it in his eyes, and his heart was still very calm.

Because he knows that if the Xiaobawang game console project goes well, then this $3.8 million set of equipment will soon bring him 38 million, 380 million or even more profits.

In the 80s, the arrogance was excessive, which made the finance ministers of many countries in Europe and the United States jointly exert pressure to force the appreciation of the yuan and suppress the export of the products.

At that time, although because of the appreciation of the yuan, his spending power increased greatly, the stock market and real estate rose sharply, and the bank had inexhaustible dollar foreign exchange.

However, the manufacturing and export industries, the core of the economic development, have been severely suppressed, causing the economic development of the economy to stagnate for more than 20 years.

Zhang Shaojie thought to himself, after the signing of the 85-year square treaty, in another 20 years, see who is more technologically advanced than whom, and who is more wealthy than whom!

On June 10, ——————————, Zhang Shaojie officially ended his trip. Under the reluctant farewell of Sakai Noriko, Zhang Shaojie quietly returned to Hong Kong with the crew of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

This trip to this book can be regarded as a full return for Zhang Shaojie. The film version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" entered the book, and the effect achieved was roughly equivalent to the momentum of Zhang Yimou's "Hero" in history.

The version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the cooperation with Tokuma Bookstore, can be described as a strong alliance. In addition to many translators and editors, there are two potential writers, Haruki Murakami and Yoshiki Tanaka, to help polish this work.

Therefore, the edition of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", after opening a column in "Weekly Chaoyue Yineng", quickly attracted a large number of readers.

And readers who have read the first 20,000 words of the Chinese version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have also praised the version of "Datang".

A reader of this book said: "Zhang Sang's writing is completely worthy of winning the Nobel Prize." And Zhang Sang's storyline and imagination have reached a shocking level! At the end of the 20th century, the most worthy of readers' expectations should be Zhang Shaojie's writings! ”

Whenever Zhang Shaojie sees this kind of comment, his heart always twitches.

Writing?.Meow, this Haruki Murakami is too serious, and the text of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is so good, if in the future, Haruki Murakami will not polish it. Will the reader scold - the writing is unsightly?

Just after getting off the plane. Zhang Shaojie was tired and went home alone.

And Gu Long, Tsui Hark and others went straight to Baolong Film Company.

At this time, although the dividends of the movie will not be received in a few months. However, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other places still have 17 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends brought to Baolong Film Company after paying taxes.

At this time, the scale of Baolong Film Company, although it cannot but be compared with Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, New Arts City, and the leftist film company Yindu Organization, but at least it is also the fifth largest film company in Hong Kong!

Moreover, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" successively dominated Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Yueben, becoming the hottest blockbuster in the Asian film market in 1981, and it also made Baolong Film Company completely start its brand and reputation.

When Gu Long returned to the company, the first thing he did was to take out the script of "Six Fingers Qin Demon" and said to Tsui Hark: "Old Monster Xu, can you shoot this script?" ”

"Shoot, why not! However, Huang Xuemei, the protagonist of this play, I hope to continue to let Lin Qingxia play! Tsui Hark laughed.

"Okay, you can talk to Lin Qingxia yourself!" Gu Long said, "The budget for this movie should be 7 million Hong Kong dollars, and it does not use computer CG special effects lenses!" Have you seen enough? ”

Tsui Hark nodded and said, "It's completely enough!" ”

In fact, at this time in Hong Kong, the remuneration of directors and stars is not as exaggerated as in the 90s, and if advanced computer CG special effects technology is not used, 7 million yuan is already quite a luxury shooting budget.

(To be continued)